Show NOT FREE TRADE in a speech at watford lord salisbury admitted that tree free trade had brought to england cheap food find and had almost killed husbandry in several cou counties titles but excused himself on the ground that he had simply carried out the work of his ahli predecessors there Is 13 not a ml miner ner in the whole west who cannot explain to lord salisbury that ho he la is mistaken altogether in his promises premises and in his conclusion it Is fifty years bince england repeated repealed the corn laws it was wise policy on her part at that time to do so because she was so BO situated and so EO equipped that sho she could enter on a career of 0 free trade and defy the world to compete compels N M ith lice her to in the worlds trade end and she has made more money since then than was mas made in that old country to for r 1301 1300 prior years the mistake did not come through her advocating tree free trade bhe was the one nation of the earth that could afford to do it her first mistake lul stake was in the de silver in 1810 she never recovered from that blow notwithstanding that slie site stood alone on the gold standard among tire the nations of 0 the earth until her ter coffers were supplied ly by the gold of 0 australia and california tile great wieck began when the united states and germany and several other nations of 0 europe followed in the track 0 of f her work of 0 1816 and compelled the latin union to close its mints the moment silver began to fall fail in price following ollow log a natural law every other product began to fall in the same fame ratio that Is gold began to appreciate in a little while under that fall all the workers of the farms arms of the world were put in direct competition with india and the price in india fixed the price in liverpool and then it was waa that it w was as possible tor for En glands importing merchants to obtain from the outside carld world a all 11 it kinds I 1 ads of food cheaper than tho farmers of england could produce prodico then them it was then the ruin of husbandry in england began it was then those great landed estates ceased to pay any revenues to the owners it was then the hie farmers armors began to work without reward the same process his has been going on among amone the agricultural communities c oc f the world and unless the nations acquire ell the IC wisdom to see dec what has been planned and worked upon th them era by the creditor class husbandry will be absolutely ruined the world around it was waa not tree free trade that destroyed the farmers farn iera of great britain it was the cutting of the money ot of the world in two and throwing away halt half |